King County confirms measles case

Updated 2:46 pm, Friday, September 6, 2013

King County Public Health is alerting the public about a confirmed measles infection in a child who could have spread infection to people throughout King County last week.

The child was determined to be incompletely vaccinated, having had only one of the recommended two doses of the measles vaccine, and at an age earlier than recommended, according to public health officials.

The child's sibling was unvaccinated and had become infected while traveling in Europe.

Though most people in King County are vaccinated and immune to the measles, King County Public Health advises people to find out if they have been vaccinated for measles. The agency also urges people who develop an illness with fever or a strange rash between now and Sept. 20 to call a health care provider.

The child who developed measles was at the Central Park Tennis Club in Kirkland in the early evening of Aug. 28, 29 and 30. The child was also at the AV Performance Tennis Club in Bellevue the morning of Aug. 30, then was at the Eastside Tennis Center in Kirkland that afternoon.